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iT v fc It was the perfect end to summer The weatherman cooperated to make the annual Day at the township Civic Centre last Wednesday la resounding success An estimated cobs of corn were prepared for township residents Who turned out for the event sponsored the Community Services Department Activities included horseshoe and tennis tournaments exhibition baseball games an amateur show and a performance by Georgias own Coachman Drum and Bugle Corps Two fiveyearold youngsters Vanessa Scott and Scott Appleby found a quiet corner to sit and enjoy some corn They were under the watchful eye of Scotts mom Leslie Ap pleby of the Heaver ton area who was at the nearby horseshoe pit f LEFT Somebody had to work to en- sure that Day goers were kept Well fed In the corncooking category part of the job fell to Randy left and Andrea a of the townships summer staff BELOW There was plenty to do but twoyearold Martin Raker of Island Grove struck up an informal game with his sister Michelle AURORA Yorks afterschool athletic 1 deteriorate and even tually further financial assistance from the school board- That was the i message from the York a s a lacrosse rugger and track and field About 20 per cent of Yorks high school students or about students per school take part in the events About per cent of the systems- teaching County Secondary School staff or teachers Athletic Association from each school Monday as it argued the participate case for reexamination Since the of the program funding program has been funded by the York County Board jointly by the board and of Education Student councils responsible for raising percent of the programs cost are running out of ways to raise the funds and are spending too much of their budgets on athletics association spokesmen said And students are being forced Into a pay to ploy situation which runs contrary to the associations policy they argued The association composed largely of physical education in structors runs on autumn to spring program of sports in cluding basketball field hockey football golf soccer tennis bad minton curling gym- the student councils of participating schools But the councils have been paying more than their share and In some cases have funded up to per cent of program costs said Jay Hooper a teacher speaking for the association As the program costs rise due to increases in fuel and equipment prices among others teachers and students find themselves spending more and more time in fund raising he said And the time may come when the cost is so high that simply will not be mot by councils efforts he added Stop gap measures including trustees grilled the spokesmen about several aspects of the program minority He added that many students could not afford Central to the to participate in school questioning was a sports if they were forced suggestion by King to bear the cost of trustee Margaret Coburn equipment and trans that taxpayers might not portation be responsible for providing programs open to only a minority of siuoems- COBURN Should taxpayers bo paying for students to play she asked the group Cliff a Further suggestions came from Aurora trustee Norm Welter who said that the association should attempt to gain provincial funding for part of work and from Gcorgi trustee Bill Laird who proposed cutting ex penses by making use of officials who migh donate their time referee games The matter is to come before the finance committee tonight Should taxpayers pay Bay view Secondary School teacher said that W1SSS with an annual budget of Participation helped ease the burden on innrhprs councils but contrary Jg stutt the SSSSSS regarded of providing the program mo association as free of charge l Should councils be forced to continue the temporary measures the program will deteriorate and eventually fold Mr Hooper warned Trustees agreed to AUIM A nigh In where SWU 0wt situation will be given Aurora Just off Henderson Dr Youth consideration But the move was not Some rough sailing for school sale 1 AURORA Is the offer for sale of Alexander School legal And is the its to be sold for enough to make it a sale rather than a gift Those questions arc central to a dilemma that the York County Board of Education and the Town of Newmarket now face Theyre important because If the meeting at which the board decided to offer the school for sale was improperly conducted it nullifies the decision and thus the offer of sale and if the nominal charge for the school is not enough to remove it from gift classification sale by the board cant be made Under the provincial Education Act the board is forbidden to make such gifts The board is now seeking legal advice about both the legality of the meeting at which the decision was made and about the sum for which the school is to bo sold Until the matter is decided the school may not be purchased by the town which hopes to use it as a public library and community centre The dispute about the legality of the meeting arose over a scries of technical regulations that govern action taken by the board The Education Act requires that any action taken on matters discussed in closed session the school sale for example must be voted on publicly before it is legal in status After discussing the report about the sale the board rose publicly and voted to receive the report A decision about the vote to receive was in fact a vote of approval lias been left to the boards lawyer Discussion of the schools sale arose early this year when the 84-year- old building was declared a surplus facility Monday According to police Andrew Robinson of Aurora and some other youths had scaled the structure and were on their way down when the accident occurred The Robinson youth received a broken leg and was expected to be released from hospital Tuesday according to officials at York County Pilot uninjured infield landing Four people escaped injury here Sunday night after a pilot was forced to land a float plane in a field According to police the four were returning to the Airport from Parry Sound at approximately pm when the craft ran out of fuel Pilot Thomas Heinz of brought the I plane down in a field one milecast of Leslie St Just south of the 1000 lottery 1 set at Aurora libra Aurora businessmen aw AURORA The Downtown Business and Professional Association will ask Aurora Council to begin work to create a Business Improvement Area at a council- meeting tonight The association passed a resolution unanimously at a meeting last Tuesday that council be requested to pass a Chirnside bylaw designating the area along Yonge St from Reuben in the south to Irwin in the north and a block east and west on Wellington St as a Objectors to the plan will days in which to bring the proceedings to a halt after being notified by registered letter The plan can be defeated if onethird of the business taxpayers in the designated area vote against the bylaw Defeat of the plan means it could not be undertaken again for a full two years Association president Ira Thayer who operates St a Yonge St insurance agency told the meeting construction of the the downtownmcrchants finished addition AURORA Next Wednesday some lucky person will be richer as a result of the biggest fund drive in the history of Aurora The is first prize in the Aurora Public librarys lottery draw with proceeds going to The Finishing Touch for the librarys expansion The campaign goal is to complete have to meet the challenge of new plazas that will provide stiff competition Maybe Im crazy but generally speaking you dont win by lying down he said We have a good base to start working from The lottery has been in progress all summer and library board chairman Tom will draw the winning ticket at the library at pm next Wednesday tickets going for 1 at the library and various Aurora businesses Construction of the I addition began two years ago but was suspended when funding ran out I Library staff has been able to move in to the completed shell on the second storey but the bottom floor remains unused Last spring a com- chaired by former mayor Dick llhngworth was formed to mobilize all part of the community for the fund drive Several sizabl donations have bee received from and the committee Is in the process of enlisting local organizations aha Theres still time to service groups to hold get in on the fun with fundraising events township position KESWICK Former Township building Inspector Charles may remain with the township Mr Chirnside whose job was phased out when council reorganized the building department several weeks ago was offered a job in the new department at a lower rate of pay While Mr Chirnside was to have accepted or rejected to offer by a week ago township council agreed to an extension A final decision by Mr Is expected this week township sources said Monday NEWMARKET TOWN CENTRE EXIT I MILE When metric signs start going up all over York Region it will mark an end to the battle between from the nine regional ion wins NEWMARKET Issue was the fact Ninety minutes later that as the region they were back where prepares to convert its they started- Imperial speed limits to The monthlong the provinclally required battle between the metric system some region and its nine limits will be raised municipalities over Because many metric conversion ended speeds cannot be con- last week as councillors verted to even metric faced with the measure regional staff Under the offer made monumental job of in- took to rounding off many by council Mr Chirnside dividually considering of the speeds each of the 32 road speeds In many cases the In question bowed to newspcedswere too high the regional engineering said some regional staffs recommendations councillors It was- a battle six Behind their angry would become a bylaws enforcement officer at an annual salary of a drop from the he earned as the townships chief building weeks and many hours in were inspector the fighting memories of complaints from local residents who felt that speeds on many regional roads were already too high When the issue came before regional council Thursday the final round in the battle was fought for minutes with Rich mond Hill Mayor David Schiller and King Mayor Margaret leading the opponents of the staff recommendations At the opening of the discussion Mayor Schiller succeeded in passing a resolution that would allow no con- than version that raised a limit but faced with consideration of each the stretches of roa where speeds other simple conversion be used backed down Work on new limit to cost or regional and in Newmarke will begin Sept sI are posted the Imperial limits will be in effects of theresigning is subsidized by the province per cent 1 1 yi